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Staats Mill Covered Bridge, also known as Tug Fork Covered Bridge, is a historic wooden covered bridge near Ripley in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.Built in 1887, the Staats Mill Covered Bridge originally crossed the Tug Fork of Big Mill Creek and was named for Enoch Staats' water-powered mill.
Ripley Historic District is a national historic district located at Ripley, Jackson County, West Virginia.It encompasses 110 contributing buildings, one contributing site (the Early Settlers Cemetery), and one contributing structure that include the commercial and civic core of the town, and surrounding residential buildings.
In July 1863, the Battle of Buffington Island near Ravenswood became the only naval action in West Virginia. The 9th West Virginia supported the tinclad and ironclad naval vessels, and they and Union forces across the Ohio River captured 1700 Confederates and set the stage for the capture of CSA Major General John Hunt Morgan and ended his ...
This is a list of West Virginia covered bridges. There are 17 historic wooden covered bridges in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Only three of these bridges were built before 1870 and they are the three longest in the state. Each uses a standard truss design, braced with the Burr Arch. No one-truss design dominates in the state.
State Route 29 (WV 29) Pin Oak: Potomac Academy Building: 1850 West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind Campus Romney: Amos L. Pugh Home: 1885 Northwestern Pike (U.S. Route 50) Capon Bridge: Captain David Pugh House† 1835 Cacapon River Road (CR 14) Hooks Mills: Red House (Franklin Herriot House) South Branch Potomac River: Old Red Store
Frozen Camp Wildlife Management Area is located on 2,587 acres (1,047 ha) in Jackson County near Ripley, West Virginia. [2] The hilly terrain is mostly covered with second-growth mixed hardwoods , with some open creek bottoms and ridgetops.
The people who lived along the Ohio River near the Ravenswood settlement favored that location. ... Climate data for Ripley, West Virginia (1991–2020 normals ...
Tourist attractions in Ohio County, West Virginia (5 C, 10 P) P. Tourist attractions in Pendleton County, West Virginia (2 C, 2 P)